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Ascomycota

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    Sac fungi
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  • What is the ploidy of dikaryotic hyphae?
    n+n
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  • What are the two informal groups of fungi?
    Deuteromycetes and yeasts
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  • What are the two types of mutualistic relationships that form in fungi?
    Lichen symbiosis and mycorrhizal symbiosis
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  • Why is fungi important? List three.
    Food source, medicine, lichenized fungi, yeast for cultivating food/beverages, mycorrhizal symbiosis, rusts, smuts, and mycosis.
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  • List three features of true fungi
    Closed mitosis, decomposers, break down lignin via cellulase, have hyphae, reproduce via spores, and chitin in cell walls.
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  • What is the common name for acomycetes?
    Sac/cup fungi
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  • What is the mycelium of true fungi made out of?
    Septate hyphae
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  • What type of consumers are fungi and how do they get their food?
    Heterotrophs, secrete enzymes which breaks down organic matter which can then be absorbed.
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  • What is the life cycle of true fungi and what is unique about it?
    Haplontic with distinct dikaryotic phase (n+n)
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  • What is an ascocarp or ascoma?
    Fruiting body (mushroom) of an ascomycete
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  • What occurs within the ascorcarp?
    Sexual reproduction and spore dispersal
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  • What is it called when the protoplasm of cell fuses, but not the nuclei?
    Plasmogamy
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  • What does a plasmogamy create?
    Two separate haploid nuclei that are twice their normal size. Characteristic of dikaryotic cells.
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  • What are the names of the male and female gametangia?
    Antheridium and Ascogonium
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  • What is an ascus?
    Specialized single-celled sporangium in Ascomycota
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  • What is the layer where asci reside?
    Hymenium
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